Thanks to Zach Pfeffer, the Philadelphia Union will have some representation in MLS’ All-Star Week after all.

The 19-year-old midfielder was named Tuesday as a replacement for the inaugural MLS Homegrown Game to take place Aug. 4 in Portland in association with the Aug. 6 All-Star game.

Pfeffer, the Union’s first Homegrown Player signee in 2010 and the fourth-youngest player ever to sign an MLS contract, was one of three replacements named Tuesday, alongside Dallas midfielder Danny Garcia and Salt Lake defender Carlos Salcedo. The original 20-player roster for the game against the Portland Timbers U-23 team had been announced last week.

Those three players will be replacing Seattle’s DeAndre Yedlin, who was voted into the All-Star Game against German giant Bayern Munich, and Montreal’s Karl Ouimette and Wandrille Lefevre, who are needed for the Impact’s CONCACAF Champions League match Aug. 5.

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Pfeffer has made four MLS appearances, including one start, for the Union this season, totaling 81 minutes on the field. He had made just four appearances in the previous three years, and spent all of 2013 on loan to the youth team of German club TSG Hoffenheim. Pfeffer has turned some heads this season and is coming off a stellar performance with the United States Under-20 team in the NTC Invitational last week that included two goals and an assist in three matches.